What was found
CRACK IN FUSELAGE SKIN TAIL COMPARTMENT AREA LEFT SIDE STATION 1474. INSTALLED DOUBLER PER SRM 53-01-00 FIGURE 2 SHEET 3.
- Difficulty date
- March 29, 2013
- Submitted
- April 1, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N970TW
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53620
- Aircraft time
- 37,365 hours, 17,632 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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